• 대한간호학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.1021-1033
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• 2001

This study sought to find a nursing intervention tool for enhancing elderly women's lives by investigating the causes and the meaning of their grief. Method: This research was derived from a phenomenological tool such as qualitative research design. The data collection took place from December of 2000 until April of 2001 Through systematic interviews and participatory observations of five elderly women attending C welfare center located in downtown Seoul the data was collected. Each interview lasted an hour and a half and was arranged five times. The analysis of this research was conducted using the Giorgi method. Results: \circled1 There was obvious physical and physiological decline caused by aging old; as well as there being spouse health problems, additional physical suffering, signs of senility, and insomnia, \circled2 Further grief was imposed by unpleasant memories of the spouse; infidelity, incapability, and even disregard of her own well-being, \circled3 Then there was pity for children; unfaithful children, uncertain futures of the children, and early death of a child, \circled4 Also, regrettable fate, painful daily acttrities, unreliable factors, bad circumstances, and feelings emptiness were reported, \circled5 Finally, anxiety for the future; ac sense of despair, loneliness, economic hardship, and the fear of imminent death increased grief levels. Conclusion: A variety of programs and social meetings for the elderly to overcome their physiological or psychological crisis should be substantially developed and supported by the government. In order to implement the social welfare for the elderly women, special consideration whether on the governmental level or the personal level, should be devoted to the elderly who live without any financial support or social concern.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.143-152
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• 2011

The aim of this study was to achieve an understanding of the experiences of divided families in South Korea. The study adopted a qualitative method based on the interpretive science paradigm The participants were 14 elderly people who came from North Korea around 1950 and identified as belonging to the first generation of divided families. In-depth individual interviews were carried out, focusing on what divided families experienced after leaving their hometown, how these experiences affected their meaning-making about their homecoming, and how the divided community has changed. The result of theme analysis indicated that the first generation of divided families identified themselves as "people who lost their hometown." their hometown implied multiple losses, including their family members, socioeconomic status, and psychological support systems. The participants explained the process of their settlement and adaptation to South Korea based on the cohesion of the divided family community. However, they anticipated that the divided family community would fade away because of the aging of the first generation, the indifference of the second generation, and the frustration that existed about the reunion of the divided family members. The participants showed a realistic view on returning to their hometown after the reunification of North Korea and South Korea.

• 재활간호학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.102-111
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• 2009

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the meaning of the life experiences of the elderly in their leisure activities. It was done to provide fundamental data for nursing programs dealing with the elders. Method: The research took a phenomenological approach to the study. Eight participants, who were having leisure activities in the community, were observed thoroughly from September to November in 2008. The data were collected through in-depth interviews and observations. By using Giorgi's phenomenological method, the data were analyzed in a qualitative way. Results: There were ten main themes that the health professionals should consider when dealing with the elderly: Changes in physical health conditions, Decreased role and less social interaction, Loneliness, Longing for and recalling of the past, Acknowledgement and acceptance of aging and death, Affection towards one's life, Yearning for a dignified life, Active health management, Enthusiastic participation in leisure activities, and Positive outlook and mindset. Conclusion: This study explored how the elderly people adjusted to the physical, psychological and social changes that they experienced. On the basis of the results, further research for the elders in other settings is needed to develop comprehensive programs that will improve their quality of life.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.120-126
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• 1993

Clinically healthy 66 female Maniker breed chicken(22 of 2-week-old : group A, 23 of 8-week-old： group B and 21 of 27-week-old： group C) and 66 female Manina breed chicken (21 of 2-week-old : group D, 22 of 8-week-old : group E and 23 of 27-week-old : group F) were examined to establish physiological basic data on serum total Creatine phosphokinase (CPK) activities and CPK isoenzymes fractions. The results obtained were summarized as follows； 1. Serum total CPK activities were $1,088{\pm}254.0\;IU\;/{\ell},$ $1,454{\pm}337.2\;IU\;/{\ell}$ and $1,440{\pm}526.3\;IU\;/{\ell}$ in gorup A, group B and group C of Maniker breed, respectively. Group B and group C showed higher values than that of group A (P<0.01) meaning high values nth aging. 2. Serum total CPK activities were $1,676{\pm}420.5\;IU\;/ {\ell},$ $1,007{\pm}283.1\;IU\;/{\ell}$ and $862{\pm}294.5\;IU/{\ell}$ in group D, group E and group F of Manina breed, respectively. Group D showed the highest value among groups (P<0.01) and Manina breed showed the low values of serum total CPK activities with aging. 3. Manina breed at 2-week-old and Maniker breed at 8-week-old and 27-week-old showed significant high values of total serum CPK activities in breed differance (P<0.01) 4. In the pattern of serum CPK isoenzyme fractions, group A and group B were high with decreasing order of $CK_3>CK_2>CK_1$ and group C was high with decreasing order of $CK_2> CK_3>CK_1$ Groihp D, E and F showed the same pattern with decreasing order of $CK_2>CK_3> CK_1.$ 5. Significance of CPK isoenzymes fractions in breed differance was only found at 8-week-old. $CK_1\;and \;CK_3$ in Maniker breed (P<0.05), and $CK_2$ in Manina breed were higher than that of the other breed (P < 0.01).

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.799-812
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• 2000

This study adopts the phenomenological approach in order to explore the experience of urinary felt by the small island women and to find the meaning and structure of their experience, for the further understanding of them. This study succeeded in detecting five topics and three basic structure from eight participants, and followings are the comprehensive statement of them. The five topics include neglect of care after childbirth, unavoidable life in the tidal flat, shame which cannot be expressed even to their husbands, endless anxiety toward the expected future, and sad(dilemmatic) lived experience. The basic structure is that small island women who have urinary incontinence are apt to regard their disease as a natural destiny of women who fail to get adequate care after childbirth, and something to be endured to live in the seashore. They think of urinary incontinence as something so shameful that they cannot reveal it even to their husband and family. They believe that it even changes their personality since they must always stay alert in order to cope with the situation; for example, when it takes place unexpectedly, like too often to go to toilet, to change the underwears, to wake up in the middle of the night to go to toilet, to try not to laugh loudly, or to have showers. In addition, they accept it as a natural process of aging and incurable disease, and they consider themselves already ruined on the way of becoming uglier. They show dilemmatic abandonment: give it up unwillingly but at the same time think it is natural for others too. The unique experience of small island women with urinary incontinence implied in those statement are inseparable with the specific conditions for survival in the island. Unlike other diseases, it is considered the result of traditionally poor care after childbirth. However this misunderstanding that it is a natural phenomena for all the women who experience childbirth and aging and thereby incurable leads to an undesirable attitude toward urinary incontinence. According to the analysis, environmental conditions specific for small islands make the women there have distinct and unique experience concerned with urinary incontinence. Consequently, the future nursing plan for urinary incontinence in the small island area must be made and enforced with the consideration of these specific phenomenological meanings. Modern Korean nursing has basically been centered to hospital or urban areas. Besides, nursing intervention has long depended upon the research of western countries. This research, however, shows how greatly the regional and cultural characteristics influence the understanding of a certain disease, and is expected to make more specific and in-depth nursing approach enable for those who have urinary incontinence in small islands.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제56권2호
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• pp.195-213
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• 2004

본 연구는 한국인의 가치와 정서에 근거하여 노인이 경험한 이야기를 통해 노인이 생각하는 '좋은 죽음'에 대한 의미를 이해하는데 목적을 두고 '질적 연구방법'을 적용하여 자료를 분석하였다. 연구 대상자는 서울시에 거주하는 노인 40명이었으며, 이들을 개별적으로 심층 면담하여 자료를 수집하였다. 수집된 자료를 분석한 결과 한국노인이 생각하는 '좋은 죽음'의 대주제는 '복 있는 죽음'으로 나타났으며 소주제는 '부모를 앞선 자녀가 없는 죽음', '자녀가 임종을 지켜주는 죽음', '자식에게 부담주지 않는 죽음', '부모 노릇 다하고 맞는 죽음', '고통 없는 죽음', '천수를 다한 죽음', '준비된 죽음' 등 7개였다. 연구결과에서 분석된 주제는 한국에서 말하는 오복 중 '죽음 복'과 일맥상통하고 있으며, 한국노인은 하늘이 주신 명을 다하고, 남은 삶을 통해 죽음을 준비하여, 깨끗하고 고통 없이 삶을 마감하길 바랬다. 또한 한국노인은 죽음에 대해 자손을 배려한 의미가 강하게 나타났는데, 삶에서뿐만 아니라 죽음에 있어서도 자녀의 생존, 건강, 행복, 성공 등과 매우 밀접한 관계를 맺고 있었다. 본 연구 결과는 노인이 바라보는 '좋은 죽음'을 이해함으로 노인 개인의 바람직한 죽음 준비 차원 뿐 아니라, 사회복지 차원에서 노인복지 정책입안 및 실천 서비스 제공에 있어 노인의 남은 삶을 성공적 노후(Successful Aging)로 영위하게 하는데 함의가 있다.

• 한국노년학
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.563-578
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• 2009

서구복지국가의 공적연금제도는 현재 근로세대와 퇴직세대간의 자원이전을 통해 유지되어 왔다. 하지만 고령화가 진행됨에 따라 공적연금의 재정 부담이 가중되었고 노인복지지출에 대한 축소가 논쟁의 핵심으로 등장하였다. 이러한 논쟁은 미국에서 가장 활발하게 논의되었으며 '세대간 형평성' 이라는 담론으로 구성되어져 왔다. 본 연구에서는 문헌연구를 통해 세대간 형평성 논쟁이 제기된 배경을 분석하고, 이러한 논쟁이 미국에서 가장 활발하게 진행되었던 역사적·제도적 맥락을 규명하고자 하였다. 세대간 형평성의 문제를 제기하는 입장에서는 노인들을 위한 사회적 자원의 편중으로 인해 미국의 아동빈곤율은 과거에 비해 증가된 반면 노인지출은 지속적으로 증가하여 노인빈곤율은 상대적으로 감소하였다는 주장을 하고 있다. 이러한 주장에 대해 실증적 근거가 약하며 그러한 주장은 노인집단을 공격하기 위한 정치적 수사라는 반론도 제기되어 왔다. 다른 서구복지국가보다도 미국에서 세대간 형평성 담론이 활발하게 정치적 논쟁으로 전개되었던 원인은 바로 미국의 다원주의적 정치문화와 선별적 복지프로그램의 특성 때문이라고 할 수 있다. 이 연구를 통해 세대간 형평성 논의의 정치경제학적 의미는 바로 그 사회의 정치문화와 복지제도의 특성과 관련되어 있음을 확인할 수 있었으며 보편적 복지제도가 정착되지 못한 우리 사회에서도 향후 이러한 논쟁이 정치적 이슈로 등장할 수 있는 가능성이 높다는 점에서 함의를 가지고 있다.

• 한국실내디자인학회논문집
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.215-224
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• 2011

Throughout the world, interest in issues relevant to energy, resources, environment, etc, is ever soaring. Therefore, the restoration of modern architecture that fulfilled its epochal function is working as a cultural, historic medium. In addition, it also plays its role in the side of environmental approach and so on. Moreover, the museum, which was only used for the possession of art collections and exhibition purposes, is currently expanding its scale and range as the center of culture and education. Also in reality, with the use of various programs, it is globally pursuing urban vitalizations. This study looks at the meaning of modem architecture restoration as well as its relationship with urban area. Furthermore, the purpose of this study is to look for design method's direction by finding the relevance between modem architecture restoration and museum during the restoration. This study is based on transformation and preservation scale during the restoration of modern architecture. It analyzed plane and design direction. Additionally, this study analyzed the architectural and regional effect caused by restoration. As a result, in accordance with the direction of museum and the usage, scale, structure as well as superficial aging condition of previous architecture, it shows difference in design methods in the process of restoration. The exterior of architecture was restored and preserved to its original form in order to show the symbolical form through historical value. This is essential to the modern museum. On the other hand, the interior of architecture put more value on utilization concept that its preservation and thus was restored accordingly. However, in all the cases, previous architecture were commonly used and even when alterations and additions were made due to aging and their change in usage, they were restored in a way that preserved and harmonized previous architecture. If the design method for restoration of modern architecture selects the restoration method by considering problems related to location, building value, structure, if it is studied from various angles and is restored after considering its usage as a museum, then we will be able to generate cultural and historical synergy effect. Furthermore, apart from architecture, it will have great impact on urban vitalizations.

• 한국노년학
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.767-793
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• 2011

본 연구는 농촌노인들의 구체적인 삶의 경험과 그러한 삶의 맥락으로서 농촌공간에 대한 이해가 부족하다는 문제의식에서, 농촌마을에 거주하는 노인들을 대상으로 이들의 생활세계가 어떻게 구성되는지 살펴보고, 커뮤니티의 지리적·사회문화적 맥락 안에서 농촌노인들의 생활경험이 어떻게 구현되며 이러한 경험이 이들의 삶에 어떠한 의미를 지니는지 탐색하고자 하였다. 이러한 연구목적을 위해 마을을 분석단위로 하여 전라북도 순창군에 있는 2개의 농촌마을을 사례마을로 선정하고, 문화기술지적 연구방법을 사용하여 사례마을에서 연구자가 약 두 달 동안 기거하면서 마을노인들의 일상생활에 참여하는 방식으로 현지조사를 실시하였다. 본 연구의 사례마을 노인들에게 농촌 커뮤니티는 오랫동안 지속되는 농업노동과 사회적 역할 및 지위, 일생의 동행자로서 친구·이웃 등의 사회관계, 가족과 커뮤니티 차원에서 이룩한 업적과 소중한 순간들에 대한 기억 등이 포괄적으로 존재하는 생활세계로서, 삶의 연속성을 제공하고 자아를 긍정적으로 해석할 수 있도록 하는 풍부한 의미의 원천을 가진 공간이었다. 사례마을 노인들에게 이러한 농촌 커뮤니티에서 노년을 보내는 것은 노동의 주체로서 자립성과 생산성을 유지할 뿐만 아니라, 커뮤니티의 물리적·사회적 환경에 대한 친숙함을 바탕으로 통제력을 가지고 커뮤니티 공간을 전유하며, 가족과 이웃, 커뮤니티 등 다층적 관계에서 기여하는 주체로 살아감을 의미하였다. 이러한 연구결과의 함의들을 구체적으로 논의하였다.

• 한국노년학
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.1665-1683
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• 2009

이 연구의 목적은 아동들과 노인들이 만드는 세대공동체가 노인들에게 주는 의미와 세대공동체 구현을 저해하는 요인을 밝히는 데 있다. 이를 위해 문화기술적 연구의 주요 방법인 참여관찰 및 면담 기법을 사용하였으며, 연구 참여자는 총 24명이다. 연구 결과, 노인들은 아동들과 세대공동체 구현을 위한 다양한 프로그램에 참여하면서 다음과 같은 의미체계를 만들어 갔다. 첫째, 세대 간의 의사소통이 원활해짐에 따라 세대 간의 이해가 증대된다. 둘째, 공동체 안에서의 자연스러운 조화로 함께 성장하는 문화가 형성된다. 셋째, 삶에 대한 만족감과 자신감이 회복되어 자기 효능감이 높아진다. 넷째, 유목적이고 창조적인 활동을 통하여 새로운 놀이문화를 창조한다. 다섯째, 끊임없이 배우며 나누는 기쁨을 공유한다. 그러나 이 과정에서 경직화된 관료주의적인 운영과 프로그램에 참여하는 노인들의 다양한 개인차와 같은 문제점을 발견하였다. 또 세대공동체 형성을 위한 프로그램 부족과 세대 간 접촉기회의 부족도 문제점으로 지적할 수 있었다. 그러나 세대공동체 구현을 위한 노력은 세대 간의 이해와 협조를 돕고 노인들의 성공적 노화에 기여함을 알 수 있었다.